Combined shade-roller and curtain-pole bracket.



E. A BARTGES.

COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, I9l4.

1 ,232,479. Patented July 10, 1917.

31 1 umrfo'c 395M385 ERVIN A. BARTGES,

OF STATE COLLEGE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED SHADE-ROLLER AND CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed June 22, 1314. Serial No. 846,672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERVIN A. BARTGES, a citizen of the United States, residing at State College, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade-Rollers and Curtain-Pole Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in combined shade roller and curtain pole brackets and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which will be adjustable and may be readily secured upon or removed from a window frame or the like.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be constructed in such manner that it maybe readily adjusted to window frames of various sizes, and the shade roller and the curtain pole supports adjusted longitudinally of the supporting members and secured in adjusted position, as desired.

The invention has for a further object to provide a device of this character which will be of extremely simple construction and operation and cheap to manufacture, as well as highly eflicient and durable in use.

WVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my in vention, reference is to be had to the fol lowing description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the device removed,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal detail section substantially on the plane of line 33 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the roller supporting members, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the pole supporting members.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates a window frame across the upper portion of which is secured my improved combined shade roller and curtain pole bracket, by means of the inwardly directed fingers 2 formed in the opposite ends of the device by bending back the outer ends of the reinforcing rods 3 secured in the turned back longitudinal edges ft of the'telescoping body members 5 and 6.

The body member 6 slides over the body member 5, and said body member 5 is pro vided with a plurality of real-wardly directed tongues 7 struck out of the same and behind which is removably engaged the bent back end 8 of the plate 9 which has its opposite end 10 bent at a right angle and ex tended rearwardly and provided with a suitable threaded opening through which is engaged the clamping screw 11 to draw the member 5 inwardly upon rotation of said clamping screw 11 to force the fingers 2 of the sections 5 and 6 into the opposite sides of the frame 1, as will be readily understood by referring tothe drawings.

It will be understood that the outer end of the clamping screw 11 has the eye 12 formed thereon, whereby the clamping screw 11 may be rotated by hand or by means of a suitable tool engaged in the eye thereof which, it will be understood is positioned between the spaced lingers 2 at one end of the device. It will also be understood that rotation of the screw in one direction will draw the section 5 inwardly in the section 6 by rotation of the screw 11 in the reverse direction which serves to release the plate 9 from the section 5 and allow said section 5 to be withdrawn from the section 6 and the entire device removed. It will also be understood that the screw 11 is rotatably mounted in the inwardly directed outer end 13 of the section 6, and that the eye 12 of said screw 11 bears against a suitable washer 14 positioned against the outer face of said end 18 of the section 6.

After the body sections 5 and 6 have been properly adjusted and secured upon the frame 1, the shade roller supports 15 are adjusted longitudinally upon the sections 5 and 6 by sliding said supports 15 longitudinally of said body sections 5 and 6, it being understood that the supports 15 have their upper and lower edges 16 engaged around the upper and lower or longitudinal edges of the sections 5 and 6, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings. It will also be understood that the portions of the supports 15 which have the slots and apertures for the opposite ends of a curtain pole, extend at right angles to the body portions of said supports 15 which are slidably mounted upon the body sections 5 and 6.

I have also provided curtain pole supports of extremely simple construction which may be readily positioned upon the body sections 5 and 6 and adjusted longitudinally thereof, said supports comprising curved arms 17 having the curtain pole receiving rings 18 mounted upon their upper outer ends, while their lower ends are bent upon themselves to form opposite lingers 19 for engagement over the upper and lower edges of the body sections 5 and 6, whereby the curtain pole supports may be readily adjusted longitudinally of said body members 5 and 6 to properly support a curtain pole. It will be understood that the upper finger 19 connects with the main portion of the curved arm 17 in each curtain pole support and the connecting portion 20 of said support is bent to engage the lower end of the main portion of the arm 17 against the rear face of the body section upon which the support is mounted. It will also be understood that the body sections 5 and 6 are spaced from the frame 1.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed, or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is 7 A holder comprising a pair of telescopic plates, window frame engaging members carried by the outer ends of said plates, a longitudinal series of relatively spaced tongues carried by one of said plates, a hook detachably engaging one of said tongues, a clamping screw rotatably carried by the other of said plates and having screw threaded engagement with said hook, and

brackets carried by said plates, said tongues permitting the hook to be engaged with the plate carrying the tongues at various distances from the inner end of said plate, whereby the holder may be applied to win dow frames of various widths. V

In testimony whereof I itffiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERVIN A. BARTGES, Witnesses: JOHN L. HOLMES, MITTIE E. HOLMES.

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